What does Schwesterlichkeit mean in English?

In English, die Schwesterlichkeit means “sisterhood”.

What are the accusative and dative forms of Schwesterlichkeit?

Nominative: die Schwesterlichkeit. Accusative: die Schwesterlichkeit. Dative: der Schwesterlichkeit.

Schwesterlichkeit: der, die or das?

dieSchwesterlichkeit

Sisterhood

feminin · feminineRelationships and communityLevel: Advanced

Short answer: Schwesterlichkeit takes the article die (die Schwesterlichkeit). It’s a feminine noun (German: feminin) and means “sisterhood” in English.

Schwesterlichkeit: word facts

Article: die
Gender: feminin (feminine)
English: Sisterhood
Topic: Relationships and community
Yupo level: Advanced

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Why does Schwesterlichkeit take die?

Nouns ending in -keit usually take die. In Yupo’s list, 23 of 23 such words take die (100%).

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Schwesterlichkeit in the accusative and dative

Singular, with the definite article

Nominativsubject: who? what?	die Schwesterlichkeit
Akkusativdirect object: whom? what?	die Schwesterlichkeit
Dativindirect object: to whom?	der Schwesterlichkeit